"Marriage is an act of will that signifies and involves a mutual gift, which unites the spouses and binds them to their eventual souls, with whom they make up a sole family - a domestic church."~Bl. Pope John Paul II

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Domestic church

"The Christian home is the place where children receive the first proclamation of the faith. For this reason the family is rightly called the 'domestic church,' a community of grace and prayer, a school of human virtues and of Christian charity."~ CCC

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I'm very excited to announce that in addition to my show, "Everyday Blessings for Catholic Moms," I have launched a BRAND NEW TV show For Catholic Moms for EWTN called "Catholic Mom's Café"!

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Below are some of Donna-Mare's books. Visit her website for the full selection: DonnaCooperOBoyle

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~Mother Teresa (Donna-Marie's son, Joseph in her arms)

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In addition to my books

I have written for the English edition of L'Osservatore Romano (Vatican newspaper)

The National Catholic Register, Catholic World Report, Our Sunday Visitor (national) newsweekly, Columbia Magazine, The Catholic Transcript, The News Times, The New Milford Times, Hearth magazine, Canticle magazine, Lay Witness magazine, Faith & Family magazine, CarbLite magazine, On the Web - many areas, including Catholic Exchange, Catholic Online, Catholic Lane, Catholic Mom, and a parenting column for Irish Family Press (print edition), a Catholic weekly newspaper published in Ireland as well as the online format. My work appears in many foreign publications as well (Nigeria, Singapore, Africa, Russia, and more).

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A Catholic Woman's Book of Prayers

With all the mixed messages that women receive from society today, women can be distracted from--and even unreceptive to--the deep and abiding love that Christ has for them. Whether single or married, religious or consecrated, parenting children, or spiritually mentoring others, women need to know that the Lord understands the many challenges they face, their desire for inspiration, and, above all, their need to be affirmed as women.Through this book of original and traditional prayers from one of the top ten most fascinating Catholics of 2009 as rated by Faith & Family Live, women can realize God's divine Love, thrive in inspiration from Saints and the Church and rest in the affirmation of the "feminine genius." (order above by clicking book image at top of page)

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First and foremost educator

"Since parents have conferred life on their children, they have a most solemn obligation to educate their offspring. Hence, parents must be acknowledged as the first and foremost educators of their children. Their role as educators is so decisive that scarcely anything can compensate for their failure in it. For it devolves on parents to create a family atmosphere so animated with love and reverence for God and others that a well-rounded personal and social development will be fostered among children. Hence, the family is the first school of those social virtues which every society needs."--Gravissimum Educationis (one of the documents of the Second Vatican Council)

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Love for Laundry: Folding Hail Mary’s

Laundry: a never-ending task,Looming over me, growing beside me,Requiring my time and lots of energy.How can a mother embrace this job?Quietly, I pray.Folding my family’s clothes,I think of them and of you, Lord.Thankful for this blessing;The awesome privilegeOf caring for them!Dear Lord, please grant me all of the graces I need to see the hidden treasure in housework and in caring for my family!(excerpted from my book: Grace Cafe: Serving Up Recipes for Faithful Mothering, Circle Press)

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Tuesday, August 24, 2010

New Haven Register's article about Mother Teresa

NEW HAVEN — The largest Roman Catholic fraternity will honor one of the faith’s most celebrated modern women Thursday.

Mother Teresa would have been 100 Thursday, and the Knights of Columbus will celebrate her birthday with a cake and a party that includes the unveiling of a postage stamp that will be issued in her honor next month.

“It’s a joyful occasion,” said Peter Sonski, spokesman for the Knights. “Mother Teresa is a person that transcends a lot of boundaries. ... She’s thought of as an individual that had a great ability to focus on what is most important: ... the poorest of the poor.”

Mother Teresa was born Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu in Skopje, Macedonia, on Aug. 26, 1910, and became best known for her work among the poor in Calcutta, India, where she founded the Missionaries of Charity. She won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1979 and died in 1997.

Her life has been the subject of an exhibit at the Knights of Columbus Museum, 1 State St., which runs until Oct. 4.

“It also has a unique facet in that Mother Teresa has had a bit of a relationship with the Knights of Columbus,” Sonski said.

She visited the Knights’ headquarters in 1988, seeking help with her order’s printing needs, and spoke to the staff. The K of C gave her the Gaudium et Spes (Joy and Hope) award in 1992. Mother Teresa was beatified by Pope John Paul II and many are hoping she will achieve sainthood.

The speaker at Thursday’s affair will be Donna-Marie Cooper O’Boyle of New Milford, author of “Mother Teresa and Me: Ten Years of Friendship.”

“She had so many important profound messages to the world, actually, and one could be summed up in the words ‘I thirst,’” Cooper O’Boyle said. “That was to symbolize Jesus’ thirst for our love and our thirst for Jesus’ love.”

She said she will speak on another of Mother Teresa’s themes: “the poor that surround us in our affluent country here that are starving for love.” We are “all called to be saints,” Cooper O’Boyle said.

The 44-cent U.S. postage stamp for Mother Teresa will be issued Sept. 5, and there will be a special cancellation ceremony at the museum Sept. 8, Sonski said.

The festivities will begin about 11:45 a.m. at the museum, complete with a cake with 100 candles.

Mother Teresa’s centenary became the subject of some controversy when the management of the Empire State Building rejected a request to light the top of the skyscraper in her order’s blue and white. Instead, it will be lit red, white and blue for the 90th anniversary of women gaining the right to vote.

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"Do not look forward in fear to the changes in life; Rather, look to them with full hope that as they arise, God, whose very own you are, will lead you safely through all things; And when you cannot stand it, God will carry you in His arms.Do not fear what may happen tomorrow; the same understanding Father who cares for you today will take care of you then and every day.He will either shield you from suffering or will give you unfailing strength to bear it.Be at peace, and put aside all anxious thoughts and imaginations."~Saint Francis De Sales

Prayer to the Holy Family

Lord Jesus Christ, who, being made subject to Mary and Joseph, did consecrate domestic life by Your unspeakable virtues; grant that we, with the assistance of both, may be taught by the example of your Holy Family, and may attain to its everlasing fellowship. Who lives and reigns, world without end. Amen.

In the Revelations of Saint Bridget of Sweden, the Blessed Virgin Mary says, "When I was nursing my Son, he was endowed with such great beauty that whoever looked upon him was consoled and relieved of any sorrow he may have had in his heart. And so, many people said to one another, 'Let us go to see Mary's Son, that we may be consoled.'"

"The dress of the body should not discredit the good of the soul." St. Cyprian of Carthage (200-258AD)

"I have learned from the poor how poor I myself am."

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Finding God in our "domestic church"...

“It is most laudible in a married woman to be devout, but she must never forget that she is a housewife and sometimes must leave God at the altar to find him in housekeeping”--St. Frances of Rome

“The Blessed Virgin is the Queen of heaven and earth, quite true, but she is more mother than queen.” ~St. Thérèse of Lisieux

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The Domestic Church: Room by Room

A Study Guide for Mothers

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Grace Cafe

Serving up Recipes for Faithful Mothering

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